Comments on: The last replacement player is releasedhttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2011/05/13/the-last-replacement-player-is-released/
Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball.Fri, 09 Dec 2016 15:40:04 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: micker716http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2011/05/13/the-last-replacement-player-is-released/#comment-137776
Sun, 15 May 2011 05:10:34 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=57205#comment-137776Scab!
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Sat, 14 May 2011 10:25:45 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=57205#comment-137697Calacaterra, you manage to fit in your pro-union stance and bash replacement players, as the major leaguers couldn’t bear playing for only $80,000 a GAME, with huge pensions and top-flight medical care for life.

You failed to mention that Mahay broke into the majors as an outfielder, with the Red Sox. I was at Fenway in 95 when he hit a home run. He later pitched for Boston, as well.

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Fri, 13 May 2011 22:36:50 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=57205#comment-137665Is the stub from one of the games the Giants won, or from the game that Dusty Baker started Salomon Torres instead of one of his two 20 game winners?
]]>By: skerneyhttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2011/05/13/the-last-replacement-player-is-released/#comment-137664
Fri, 13 May 2011 22:34:20 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=57205#comment-137664Being a baseball fan, I always felt for the replacement players. Being a union man, I feel you cross the line and you pay a price.
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Fri, 13 May 2011 22:18:36 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=57205#comment-137663I fail to see why crossing the picket line would be either a philospohical or a moral question. Unions and labor laws are designed to give economically disadvantaged people choices. Seems rather odd to believe that someone like Mahay should not make the best choice for his career out of some sense of loyalty to a group that he did not or may never belong. He made a decision that he believed was the best for his career, as all of the members of the union were doing. Afterall, its not like the union was on strike to improve the plight of minor leaguers.
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Fri, 13 May 2011 22:00:12 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=57205#comment-137660I miss the Expos, too, and I’ve got the elb cap to prove it. As much as I appreciate what unions do for America, I feel the MLB union and Commissioner’s office really screwed the fans over in 1995, and subsequently lost all Montreal support. Aside from shutting down the Expos amazing season prematurely and not having a World Series, we missed out on a potential .400 season by Tony Gwynn and a 61+ home run season by some San Fran third baseman.

Of the replacement player group, Matt Herges was on my team. He earned this fan’s respect by pitching well when called upon, and I was happy to follow his career (aside from his time in San Fran).

I still have my season ending series Dodgers-Giants tickets from that season. Reserve section, 4 rows up the 1st baseline, $8.

That was a great strike, huh?

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Fri, 13 May 2011 20:56:57 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=57205#comment-137650The 94 Expo’s were kicking some serious butt when the strike started, alas we will never know if they would have been the champs.
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Fri, 13 May 2011 20:31:50 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=57205#comment-137646I saw that Ron Mahay and Jon Huber were released and Todd Wellemeyer retired on the same day. I assume that they had contract provisions that specified that they had to be promoted within 30 after the MiLB season began. I did not realize that Mahay was the last of replacement players/scabs.

I’m afraid the Barry Bonds/Joe Young thing was an homage to this. A choice in poor taste at best, at worst. . .

]]>By: rje49http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2011/05/13/the-last-replacement-player-is-released/#comment-137643
Fri, 13 May 2011 20:28:09 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=57205#comment-137643I distinctly remember the Orioles saying they won’t play with replacement players, and I knew the reason why. Quite simply, if the Baltimore Orioles played an official major league game without Cal Ripkin in the line-up, his streak would be over. The fact that he was “on strike” would make no difference.
]]>By: Joehttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2011/05/13/the-last-replacement-player-is-released/#comment-137636
Fri, 13 May 2011 19:59:24 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=57205#comment-137636IIRC, he was an outfielder in the replacement-player days, but his entire MLB career has been as a pitcher. So does he REALLY count as a replacement player?
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Fri, 13 May 2011 19:56:06 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=57205#comment-137633I am with you Craig. I feel bad for those guys who were, for the most part organizational players with no real shot. But still it was a mistake to cross the picket line.

Unfortunatly the players association has no leg to stand on refusing them benefits now as they totally blew off the Umpire labor strife the next year.